Frary Peak Pics

Photos Courtesy of Lindsay Lauck:  http://botfriend.ly/photo/frarypeak

I had so much fun doing Frary. I'd love to go back to Antelope Island for other events over the next year if I can. I'm in training mode to qualify for the Pikes Ascent this coming Fall 2016. That means I'm focused pretty strongly on half marathon distances and extreme vertical. I'm considering a few Vertical-K style runs in the next year and a few trail half marathons. Stay tuned. In the meantime, check out these great pics from Lindsay.

Frary Peak Raceday

From our results email:

Hey peoples,
First, thanks to everyone who came out today.  Other than the rather large mosquitoes, it was a pretty good day for a hill climb. Hopefully everyone had a reasonably good time, well, except for that little climb. Anyway, results are now posted on https://ultrasignup.com/results_event.aspx?did=33962

Anatoliy set a new course record of 54:51, besting last year's mark by a bit over 30 seconds. Don't forget the half marathon and 50k next month if you're so inclined to run something a bit longer. Buffalo chili, beer, soda, and coffee mugs at the finish line. Hope to see you there.

We arrived at the parking just before the gate and checked in. We drove past the turnoff for Frary Peak, but that allowed us to see buffalo at sunrise, so it was a good thing we did. At the Frary Peak Trail Parking I checked in for a 9:06 start. 

The trail was a blast, and the few runners I talked to were also having fun. I got an official time of 1:24:47, which coincides with Strava pretty well.

I'm totally digging that suffer score. I came in 22nd of 31. It's a great start as I train for my goals next year.

• Pikes Ascent (half marathon)
• Big Sky VK
• Elbrus Race 2016

I'll have to do a half at a 11:00 pace or better to qualify for the ascent. For me that pretty much equates to a very flat trail, or a slightly downhill road half. I was going to attempt a Halloween Half, but I won't be able to peak that quickly after this one.

I also want to do a few more VK's over the year, so I'll have to stay on top of that. You too, stay in the loop.

Frary Info - Night Before The Race

Well, tomorrow [as of last night] is the big day.  Here's the particulars for tomorrow.

Race check in is at the large parking lot near the main entrance to the island.  Check in starts at 7am and will go thru 8:30.  After that, oh well, better hurry out to the start.

Once you check in, drive out to the island, bear left, then turn down the road that goes to the ranch.  Drive south for about 5 miles and you'll see the Frary Peak turnoff.  Go up to the upper parking lot and that's where we'll be.  I'll have a couple of signs out.

The race starts at 9am with the first two runners.  After that, two runners will start every minute until everyone is on the course.  Your starting order is largely based on who shows up first, so basically random.

There will be a couple of people up at the radio repeater to make sure you know where you're going.  You touch the side of the housing and head back down.  Lindsay will be up there taking your picture as well, so suck those guts in and make it look easy.

Trader Joe's is supplying all sorts of goodies for post race, bars, fruit, bagels etc.  I'll bring some sodas along as well as some sort of sports drink and water.

Weather looks pretty good right now but there is a storm rolling in during the afternoon, so hopefully we'll beat it.

There will be race day sign up for your friends that want to pay an unreal amount of money to run a 10K, so bring them along.

Stretching the morning of the Flagstaff VK